1 [C] an offence against God or against a religious or moral law:
to commit a sin * Confess your sins to God and he will forgive you. * The Bible says that stealing is a sin.
seealsoMORTALSIN, ORIGINALSIN
2 [U] the act of breaking a religious or moral law:
a life of sin
3 [C,usually sing.] (informal) an action that people strongly disapprove of:
It's a sin to waste taxpayers' money like that.
seealsoSINFUL, SINNER
IDIOMS
be / do sth for your sins (spoken humorous, especially BrE) used to say that sth that sb does is like a punishment:
She works with us in Accounts, for her sins!
(as) miserable / ugly as sin (spoken) used to emphasize that sb is very unhappy or ugly
moreatMULTITUDE, LIVE
verb (-nn-) [V] to break a religious or moral law:
Forgive me, Lord, for I have sinned. * He was more sinned against than sinning (= although he did wrong, other people treated him even worse).
abbreviation (mathematics) SINE
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